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Alier Reng
Data science professional, statistician, and educator with over 5-year experience in healthcare analytics and more than seven years of university teaching experience. Passionate and results-oriented data scientist with a proven record of project completion with efficiency and speed. Areas of interest include data visualization with R Shiny, data science, statistics, and natural language processing (NLP).
Industry Experience
Sr. Data Analyst
LifePoint Health
Brentwood, TN
present - 2021
- Data Stewardship: perform monthly data validation to ensure data accuracy before being pushed to PowerBI for hospitals’ use.
- Support and assist hospitals and the HSC departments with their data needs.
- Perform exploratory and predictive analysis with R and Python.
- Create and modify divisions and hospitals’ NHSN Goals, MOR, and QOC reports and dashboards using R and PowerBI.
- Onboard and train new team members.
Data Analyst
LifePoint Health
Brentwood, TN
2021 - 2016
- Cut QOC and MOR decks production time by 80% by automating reports with R Shiny.
- Reduced data errors and optimized accuracy by automating CHOIS monthly mortality reports with R Shiny.
- Used R to automate the CMS company-wide VBP, HAC Penalty, and MSPB reports extraction processes.
Teaching Experience
Lecturer
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
2016 - 2011
- Taught general math courses including plane trigonometry, applied calculus I, applied statistics/introductory statistics, finite mathematics, college algebra, mathematics for general studies (Mathematical Ideas), and Pre-Calculus (Pathways to Calculus).
- Turned ‘F’ students into ‘A’ and ‘B’ students through active and participatory learning; used hands-on approaches to make students conceptualize mathematical concepts to be able to construct meaningful mathematical statements.
- Helped challenged students to change their negative thinking into positive-possibility thinking through friendly coaching and mentorship.
Education
MBA., Information Systems Management
LeTourneau University
Longview, TX
2017 - 2016
M.S., Professional Science - Biostatistics
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
2011 - 2009
B.S., Neuroscience
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX
2008 - 2005
General Studies (Mathematics/PreMed/PrePharmacy)
Richland College (DCCCD)
Dallas, TX
2005 - 2003
ONLINE COURSES
Business Science: DS4B 202A-R: Shiny Developer with AWS; DS4B 101-R: Business Analysis With R; DS4B 201-R: Data Science For Business With R
Datacamp: Machine Learning Scientist with R; Data Scientist with R; Data Scientist with Python; Winning a Kaggle Competition in Python
Udemy: PySpark Essentials for Data Scientists (Big Data + Python); Web Scraping and API Fundamentals in Python 2021; Interactive Python Dashboards with Plotly and Dash; Master in Microsoft Power BI Desktop and Service
AWARDS & HONORS
- LifePoint Health
- Mercy Award (2020)
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholarship (2006 - 2007)
- Richland College (DCCCD)
- Vice President’s List (2005)
Leadership and Community Engagement
President
Jonglei Institute of Technology
Murfreesboro, TN
Present - 2020
- Run the day-to-day activities of the organization.
- Plan and implement programs to advance the company’s mission & vision.
- Write and maintain the company’s legal documents, build and maintain the website.
- Teach data science courses with Python and R.